Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- W.E.B. Du Bois : sociologist beyond the veil -- Ernest W. Burgess : Security Matter-C -- William Fielding Ogburn : scientist, statistician, schizophrene -- Robert and Helen Lynd : from Middletown to Moronia -- E. Franklin Frazier : enfant terrible -- Pitirim A. Sorokin : sociological prophet in a priestly land -- No one above suspicion : Talcott Parsons under surveillance -- Testing a concept : Herbert Blumer's loyalty -- Samuel Stouffer : patriot and practitioner -- Our man in Havana : C. Wright Mills talks, yankee listens -- The crimefighter and the criminologist : the case of Edwin H. Sutherland and J. Edgar Hoover -- Conclusion.